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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter II, "Mother and Son" Pages 65-81.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gohtaro's daughter's name?
(a) Tomoko.
(b) Aiko.
(c) Haruka.
(d) Kasumi.

2. Besides a love of insects, what does the narrator say links Japanese culture to the other culture discussed in the opening of "Mother and Son"?
(a) Language features.
(b) Traditional etiquette.
(c) Traditional foods.
(d) Pottery techniques.

3. Where did Haruka meet Satoshi Obi?
(a) Culinary school.
(b) At a health club.
(c) On the bus.
(d) Gohtaro's restaurant.

4. What is Kiyoshi Manda's job?
(a) Firefighter.
(b) Emergency room physician.
(c) Social worker.
(d) Homicide detective.

5. What does Kazu ask Yukio just before she pours the coffee?
(a) She asks him to pass on her regards to his mother.
(b) She asks him to consider her feelings of responsibility for him.
(c) She asks him to reconcile with his sister.
(d) She asks him to forgive himself for missing the funeral.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the repetitions of the isolated, bolded words "clang-dong" meant to signify?

2. What similarity is there between Kazu's approach to art and her approach to customers at the café?

3. How many times did the man ask Kazu to be his girlfriend before she agreed?

4. When Gohtaro and Shuichi first meet again in the past, how does Gohtaro see himself acting in front of his old friend?

5. What illness did Yukio contract when he was two years old?

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